Observations...

1. There are FEW to NO rules here. You can drink anywhere, smoke
anywhere, leave your dog crap in the street, jay walk (well, you have
to jay walk or else you will never cross the street, which leads me to
my next fact), barely any stop signs or street lights (except for the
main roads and highways), pedestrians DO NOT have the right of way. I
have been in 2 near death experiences due to that fact. Also, nobody
moves out of your way when walking on the street. Its not so much out
of being rude, just lack of sense of personal space.

2. People smoke like their lives depend on it... like, they are
lacking air and they can only find it in their Camel's. I seem to be
smoking very little... weird.

3. The women and men are both incredibly beautiful. The women are
always dressed very sexy and fashionable. On the other hand, although
very good looking, the men tend to dress very grungy. EVERYONE has a
tattoo. Piercings are really common and mullets are still in effect
(ugh!). Oh, and in Jerry's terms... everyone is "gay" skinny.

4. Everyone kisses hello here. When you go out and meet 15 of
someones friends... you kiss everyone hello (on the cheek... you
sicko's). I haven't shook one hand since I've been here.

5. VERY CHEAP. Food, drinks, transportation, smokes, clothes,
furniture, etc... all about a third of the price of NYC. Other things
such as electronics and gas are SUPER expensive... probably three
times the price as USA.

6. Time. Like i mentioned at the beginning of the email,
things....... take....... time. Movement is slow. When you go to a
restaurant, you seat yourself, you basically have to jump on a waiter
to get their attention. Food takes a long time to come and they never
ever bring you the check without you asking for it (that's out of
respect to the patrons, not slowness).

7. Oh yeah, all the dogs are mutts. They are SO funny looking and
there are so many strays. Hence the crazy amount of poop of the
streets.

All in all, going from NYC which is all about rules, order, etc... to
BsAS that is completely unorganized... its a huge change. Both are
pretty extreme.